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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think he sounds like a great kid, and you sound like you need some therapy around your own depression and expectations.  I say that with all the love in the world.  You’re thinking such critical, mean thoughts about him, and probably about yourself.  You both deserve support![/quote]

Great? How does such a teen ever earn a living? My cousin was like this in his teens — he’s now an affable 37 year old... college dropout who has never had a real job and lives off his parents.[/quote]

I know a ton of kids like this... so what do they do now 30 years later...

Builds houses retired at 50
paints cars make $100k/year
computer programmer, $100K/year
drives a taxi, $70K/year
Project Manager, IT, $140K/year
fixes cars, $80K/year
Works for a window replacement company, $80K/year
make/hangs signs (like signs by tomorrow), $80K/year
teacher, $90K/year
landscaping/removes trees, has 3 crews, $150K/year
builds furniture, $100K/year
replaces floors and cabinets in apartments $500K/year

I could go on forever, you need to get out of your bubble.

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DP. Out of curiosity, how do you know the salaries? [/quote]

Those salaries are not realistic. Taxi drivers don't make 70k, they have been undercut by uber.
Window replacement and sign hangers don't make 80k, they make 40-50k. 
There are plenty of men hanging out in their parents' basements not making anything and playing video games.[b] The guys I know who make 100K in blue collar jobs weren't that good of students in high school but most of them were really good athletes and were used to working hard. Several excelled in auto shop or woodshop and some had relatives who were in the trades and got them Union apprenticeships.[/b] [/quote]

That's the thing, you have to work REALLY freaking hard and bust your hump to make that kind of money in a trade. It's a lot of physical labor and often ruins your body. That's why people haven't wanted to do it for so long.

It's not work for lazy, unmotivated types.[/quote]

+ 1

I always laugh when people suggest trades for kids like this. It's really hard, often backbreaking work! That's why people tend not to want to do it.[/quote]

You can tell these people have never left their bubbles. They don't even know what they're talking about.[/quote]

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